The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-17


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o. l. Jones in the South crn CuItivator)
After tho winters sleep, typical Of
death, the resurrection of springis about
to begin. The sun, rising higher and
higher in the heavens, is pouring down
his rnyS moro directly upon the earth,
warming It's surface, and waking plants
from their winter sleep. Man, no less
than THO jnanilnnte objects around him,
feels til" anickening, impulse and is i'm
patient 10 put seeds in fih ground and do
his part i'll reclothing. tho earth with
Vorduro. Happy are they who can place
themselves Ill complete harmony with
nature, who never waste their strength
IN unequal contest with her incxorable
laws Ono Of the leading objects of the
CuItlVator IS to establish and preserve
this harmony between its readers and the
material world i'll whicl, they live, to en-
bic them to sec how cold and heat rain
and sunshine, earth and air, when right
~ understood, may all be conducive to
mans welfare; how cooperation with
the forces Of naturo may Tighten his
labOTS and increase their rproductiveness,
whilst 0ntag0nism with them not only
increases his labors, but renders them
unprOductiYC and fruitleSs.
Now the three leading features of
nature which confront the farmer this
month arc Il low temperature, compact
ing rains and high winds Whatever he
plants OF prepares 10 plant, he must have
n 4l A..
First, rs to cold. SCeCS need heat to
make them GcrminQtc. Where will they
find the most of it, near the surface or
at greater depth? If cold body is
placed before q fire, which becomes warm
sooner, its ontcr surface or its interior?
Has not the heat to travel through its
surface before it can reach its interior?
Is it not perfectly clear then that the
surface is the first to become heated?
Now at the end Of winter, the earth is to
be regarded as n cold body. AS long as
the nights exceeded the days in length,
the earth was losing more heat than it
received; i'll other words, growing colder.
AS the sun comes nortl: ward and the
days become longer, til sun not only
throws more heat upon the earth, but
projects the heat more perpendicularly
upon its surface, SO that loss of the heat
glNnccs oil, or is reflected from its sur
face, and more Of it is absorbed or goes
to warm it. The earth, then, in spring,
in its relation to the SUI, is like Il cold
body held before II fire., It's surface first
becomes warmed and ult rwards the heat
pencuNtes deeper and $'l,pcr. What is
DtIo obviuuy ii,G1IoHou,tG =. drawn from
this? That in early paintings, seeds
should not be buried deep in the soil.
On the contrary, that they should be
placed just as near the surface as the re.
quisjte moisture can be secured.
Again, as it is desirable that seed come
up promptly when planted, less com
pacting rains and baking winds crust the
earth over them and hold them down,
one should always beari in mind the tenn
peraturcs ut which different seeds will
germinate. y table Of tle lowest average
temperatures at which some OF our COM
mon cultivated plants Will gcrIninatc is
presented. These tigarcS have been
learned from actual experiments. 1t is
to be regretted that thd temperature of
termination Of others of our ordinary
crop plants, like cotton, peas, etc., can
not be given: